Charge: Vengeful father shot man, bystander

Police say man admitted Lake City shooting

Published 11:04 pm, Sunday, July 1, 2012

A 41-year-old Edmonds man is behind bars following allegations that he shot two men in Lake City, apparently hoping to keep one from “ruining” his daughter’s life.

Charged with assault and drive-by shooting, Bladimir Ayala is alleged to have shot his 27-year-old target and accidently wounded a second man in the process.

King County prosecutors contend Ayala – a California killer convicted of manslaughter 24 years ago – turned himself in hours after the shooting. Questioned by police, Ayala allegedly told officers his intended victim knew why he’d been shot and declined to elaborate.

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Just before 4 p.m. on June 21, Seattle police were called to a shooting in the 12700 block of 30th Avenue Northeast.

Officers arriving on the scene found the 27-year-old man bleeding from a bullet wound to the leg. As officers spoke with the man, a second shooting victim – a 53-year-old man who’d been shot in the backside – limped up to the shooting scene.

Both men were rushed to Harborview Medical Center. While there, the older man told police he stopped at a nearby convenience store when the shooting occurred. The younger victim – a stranger to the other man – was standing in front of the store and was the gunman’s apparent target.

The younger man told police he was standing outside the store with his uncle when a gray Honda pulled up next to them and someone opened fire. According to charging documents, the man said he didn’t see the shooter and had no idea why anyone would want to shoot him.

As Seattle detectives tried to piece together what occurred, Ayala turned himself in to Lake Forest Park police and admitted to the shootings, according to charging documents.

“I just shot two guys,” Ayala told the officer, according to charging documents. “Haven’t you seen the news?”

The Lake Forest Park officer arrested Ayala and locked him in a holding cell before contacting Seattle police. On the way into the holding cell, Ayala allegedly told the officer he was trying to protect his daughter.

“I’m trying to keep my daughter from ruining her life,” he is alleged to have said.

Waters arrived and questioned Ayala, who declined to discuss the shooting in detail.

According to Waters' report, Ayala said the 27-year-old “knows why I shot him.” The detective contended Ayala went on to say he shot the younger man in the legs and wasn’t trying to kill him.

Having fired six times, Ayala put his intended victim and anyone else in the area at grave risk, Senior Deputy Prosecutor Maurice Classen told the court.

“The defendant’s actions were extremely reckless and demonstrate a propensity to resolve conflict with violence,” Classen told the court.

Ayala remains jailed on $500,000 bail. He has not yet entered a plea to the first-degree assault and drive-by shooting charges filed against him.